In Reply to: JBR or whatever it is. posted by scaredycat on Monday, 9. July 2007 at 22:46 Bali Time:
opinion and thanks for posting of your experience.
I must admit the first time we went to Bali as a family we were so ill with Bali Belly we ended up spending most of the holiday in bed or at the medical centre. We did get out and do one of those guided tours and it was terrible - just being blindly led from shop to shop.
After that trip we vowed never to return.
However, after being persuaded by a lady on this forum (who I also worked with) to go. We gave in and went again a couple of years later.
Armed with her advice etc and a positive attitude we had the best holiday ever and really got out and about to see Bali and enjoy the people.
Now we're one of the addicted. We love it and everytime we think of going somewhere else, that familiarity and love of Bali gets us and we end up planning another trip to Bali.
When people tell me they are going for the first time I try and arm them with information about what they might find as negatives about Bali suprised.
To some people Bali is paradise. To others its far from it.
We're all different and thank god for that!